Patrick Stump
Lead singer, composer and rhythm guitarist of the band Fall Out Boy.
Pete Wentz: Every action movie has to have a gadget guy. You hate being the gadget guy, huh? You're a good gadget guy, you wear glasses.
Patrick: (throws glasses on the floor) Now I'm a HORRIBLE gadget guy!
"Fall Out Boy-Making of A Little Less Sixteen Candles.."
Hi, I'm Patrick Stump. And I'm wearing Pete's pants.
I don't know, we played a show for like, ten kids, but those ten kids were just insane. It's really quantity, not quality, and that's what I really -- (Pete cuts him off) Pete: It's quality, not quantity. You said it backwards. I don't want you to look like a dumbass... on film.
I think a producer should be like water, and whatever the shape of the glass is, he or she should fill that. If they need you to be the engineer guy--typically I have an engineer--I work at that stuff. If they need you to be a songwriting help guy, I work on that. If they need you to be a vocal melody guy, I work at that, etc. I kind of look at whatever a band needs out of me then I try to give it to them.
Nintendo DS makes me forget that I don't have any friends.
"Fall Out Boy Games"
Pete just gives me lyrics and phrases and sentences and ideas that are just kind of disembodies from any song, ... I'm his word editor and he's my music editor.
There are some things in life that make you happy, and make you like your life. Then there are some things in life that you witness, that make you not like your life as much. I think that's one of them. I'm sorry, Juan.
I'm sure it's gotta be a great job 'cause rock stars are known for their punctuality and politeness, so...
Everything was plugged in and should’ve been working, but it gave me a communication error. I got like a cave man and got so mad at it. I was completely fed up. I’m not an engineer, I’m not a computer whiz. I don’t know anything about electronics. All I know is that I want this thing to make noise, I want to write music, and it’s not working.
Calm before the storm - fuck it; MEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. MEOW.
I used to work in a record store. I'm kind of a record nerd.
There's something really personal about your voice, where if people talk shit on your guitar, "Ugh, he played out of tune," etc., you can, in your head, blame it on something else, but when you fuck up with your singing, that's part of you [...] So I guess I'm an insecure enough dude that I just went back and really studied and tried to sing better.
This one's for all the homies who couldn't make it to the party!
I mean, if I had a piccolo in front of me I would probably figure out how to play ‘Hot Cross Buns’ or something.
I think you can totally be a totally normal kid from the suburbs of Chicago and go off and play shows. It's one of those things that when you go home, you're still the nerd you were when you left, and your parents still get to yell at you about cleaning up your room, and your girlfriend still drags you to the pet store.
I started playing music when I was really young. I didn't start off on guitar because I couldn't fit my hands around the neck and fret board. So I did the drums. And back then, all I did was hit things.
Hey, does your mother sew? BOOM! Get her to sew that.
Sometimes people associate getting big with selling out, which is funny because that's not something you necessarily have choice in. That's not a matter that is entirely up to you and at the same time, who hasn't sold out? If you've heard of a specific artist, they're big enough--they got to you. Where do you draw the line between what's big and what's too big?
Patrick: Did he just roll out "gotta go save the world"?
Peyton: Yeah...
Patrick: That's my line.
I get really annoyed with photo shoots and interviews and handshakes. I’m a musician; God forbid I actually have time to make music.